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wps-wizard-icons-darkglass-v1_3 has been uploaded to Netlabs incoming

Started by DavidG, 2008.01.13, 21:24:03

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DavidG

It just so happened that I started in alphabetical order so blue was the first one I have done.

Check it for for mistakes.  This version contains a lot of changes and additions since version 1.2. 

Check out the new unimaint, fm2, filestar, and cdwriter folder icons, especially the unimaint folder icons.  I believe these are a major improvement.

Depending on feedback, I will wait a short while before proceeding to the other themes.  Lilla will probably be next with the yellow last since it is going to require the most work.  After that more new darkglass themes.

David

Saijin_Naib

Dude, these are NUTS. They look absolutely beautiful. I am using the blue-glass right now. Are there icons for Firefox and Thunderbird planned? Very, very nice :D

DavidG

Thanks.  A lot of work went into it.  I have just updated the lilla theme to v 1.3 and have uploaded to Netlabs incoming.

Enjoy,

David

Saijin_Naib

Would a gray/black scheme be out of the question? To match the frames of eCS?

DavidG

I plan on doing a grey folder for closed and black for opened when I get time.  I still have to get the yellow and green themes updated..  Like I said, now that I have the ini file pretty much the way I want it, I should be cranking out themes in the next couple of weeks.

Ben

Thanks for all the work, David.

You have, almost single-handedly, remade the face of OS/2. That can only be a good thing. 8)

I've recently installed WPSWizard to have a look at your latest work; very good ideed.

The installation goes smoothly and a minor reset of the desktop and away you go!

I wasn't able to change the individual icons though, via drag 'n drop. I guess this as WPSWizard PNG icons is a work in progress, this feature hasn't been added yet. Oh well.

What method does your install routine use to get the icons to change?

Thanks.

DavidG

Hi Ben

To begin, I have just uploaded the dark-glass green version 1.3 to netlabs incoming.  As I type this, dark-glass yellow is being uploaded to Netlabs.  I made one major change to the yellow theme.  I change the color of the opened folder from orange to grey.  It stood out more than the orange.

The ini file for each theme has to be modified to point to new icon locations.  You have to know the object ID, whether you want the keyname to contain a single Image, or an Image with OverlayImages.  You can change icons in the theme by pointing to the folder with the png file in the its keyname date box.  Use an ini editor to look at the themes ini file.  Then look in the directory to see where it is and the other icons in that directory.  You can modified each theme to your liking.  I must admit that I am new to using an ini editor, but am catching own.

David

DavidG

These PNG icons look best if run from 150% or higher at the higher screen resolutions.  Make sure your screen is set to 16M.

David

DavidG

I uploading dark-glas skyblue version 1.0 theme to Netlabs incoming.

David

DavidG

Dark-glass grey has been uploaded to Netlabs Incoming.  I did not use the black for the open folder.  I did not think it looked good.  Thus, I made a folder that is a darker grey but not black that is used for the opened folders.

David

Saijin_Naib


DavidG

Dark-Glass themes Lime and Red have been uploaded to Netlabs incoming also.

David

DavidG

Saijin

I have done a black theme based on an itheme I did.  However, these are PNG's, so should look better.  Probably one of the big differences between the WPS Wizard icon theme and the itheme icon theme is the the folders face in different directions.  Deciding to do the folders this way has enabled me to speed up the conversion tremendously.

Enjoy

David

DavidG

Dark-glass flatyellow theme has just been uploaded to Netlabs incoming.  All the other themes have been moved to

ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wps-wizard/theme/

David

DavidG

Dark-glass flat aqua icon theme uploaded to Netlabs incoming.

David